10 Motivational, Uplifting, and Funny Quotes about Parenting

Parenting Quotes

Being a parent is probably the most rewarding, challenging, and exciting thing we ever do. Today we thought we’d share a few of our favorite quotes about parenting. Some of these quotations we find motivational and insightful; others are just amusing!

Please share your own favorites in the comments section below!

10 Parenting Quotes

“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.”
— Benjamin Franklin

“Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person’s character lies in their own hands.”
— Anne Frank

10 Parenting Quotes“It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.”
— Fredrick Douglass

“What it’s like to be a parent: It’s one of the hardest things you’ll ever do but in exchange it teaches you the meaning of unconditional love.”
— Nicholas Sparks (from The Wedding)

“Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk.”
— Carl Jung

“Your kids require you most of all to love them for who they are, not to spend your whole time trying to correct them.”
— Bill Ayers

“Before I got married I had six theories about raising children; now, I have six children and no theories.”
— John Wilmot

“No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education.”
— Plato

“Everything depends on upbringing.”
— Leo Tolstoy

“Nothing you do for children is ever wasted. They seem not to notice us, hovering, averting our eyes, and they seldom offer thanks, but what we do for them is never wasted.”
— Garrison Keillor

5 Comments on “10 Motivational, Uplifting, and Funny Quotes about Parenting”

  1. Becoming a parent is likely to be the most exciting, fulfilling, and difficult thing that any of us will ever do in our lives. Today, we thought it would be fun to share some of our all-time favorite parenting phrases with you. The majority of these statements are merely funny, but some of them are also thought-provoking and inspirational.

  2. I love quotes! I often times use them as a Facebook status! I love the Anne Frank quote above!

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